After sorts of discharge with an unpleasant odor

As you know, after the birth of a child, about a month, the discharge from the genital tract is noted for each woman, which in gynecology was called lochia. By their color, consistency and volume, they remotely resemble menstrual.

When, after giving birth, a woman observes the appearance of secretions with an unpleasant odor, it is necessary to be alert, since in most such cases this is a sign of a violation. Let's consider this situation in more detail.

What should normally be the allocation after childbirth?

As already mentioned above, the lochia is always painted in a bright red color. In some cases, women can mark in them the presence of particles of dead epithelium, - blood clots. At the same time, there is no foreign smell in the discharge after childbirth.

Because of what, after discharge, there are discharge with an unpleasant odor?

As a rule, this phenomenon serves as a kind of signal and warns a woman about the possible onset of an inflammatory process in the uterus itself.

In most cases, postpartum discharge with an unpleasant odor is characteristic of a disorder such as endometritis. It is with him that the color itself changes. At such disease after a while after sorts mum marks occurrence of yellow vydeleny with an unpleasant smell. At the same time, there is often an increase in body temperature, there is a chill.

Brown discharge with a smell 1-2 weeks after birth can talk about such a violation as stagnation of lochia, or insufficient outward exposure. It often happens that a blood clot closes the outflow of secretions. In this situation, a woman is prescribed a curettage. Also, for stimulation of contraction of uterine myometrium, Oxytocin is attributed, which is administered intravenously.

What else can be the cause of discharge with a smell in the postpartum period?

It should be noted that the cause of green secretion with odor after delivery can be infectious diseases of the genital tract. Most often this develops chlamydia, gardnerellez. At the last disturbance, discharge with a rotten smell is noted after a short time after delivery. In order to accurately identify them, a woman is prescribed a test, which includes a general blood test, a general urine test, a smear from the urethra, and a smear on the microflora.

Thus, it can be said that there are a lot of reasons for the appearance of secretions with an unpleasant odor after the birth of a child. The task of physicians is to accurately determine the one that caused the violation in a particular case.